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hi go to control panel and choose programs and features. on right side of screen choose turn windows features on or off then in the list put a check mark in windows search. then click ok. might have ti restart computer to take effect.

hi go to control panel and choose programs and features. on right side of screen choose turn windows features on or off then in the list put a check mark in windows search. then click ok. might have ti restart computer to take effect.

Cannot enable Windows 7 searchI try to enable Windows 7 search but there is a problem :
1) Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows Features on or off > Check Windows Search
2) Restart
3) After restart computer says : "Do not close computer etc" Configuring ... But when goes to 85% says : Failed to ... and Reverting...

General Discussion

Windows 7 Index SearchWhy does Windows 7 automatically reindex my index search file when I reboot the computer.
I have 300,000 files on my computer and it takes two days to rebuild the index. I leave my computer on all the time because I am afraid that by turning it off and on again will cause the indexing function...

General Discussion

windows 7 search indexplease, tell me what is search index in windows and what influence does it have during search?

Performance & Maintenance

File magically disappeared, still visible in the Windows search indexI was looking for a file when I noticed it was gone. I fired up the Windows search engine and Search Everything, both of which said the file was still there. When I try to open the search result in any media player, it says the file could not be found.
I already restarted my system, but both...

General Discussion

Search not able to index contents of Windows Live MailWondering if anyone else has had this issue...
System was an upgrade from Vista 64 to Windows 7 64. Everything seems to be working great -- except...
Windows Live Mail contents are not being indexed by Windows Search. In troubleshooting, I found in the Advanced Options for Indexing,...